06 April 2007

Billy's going to have an aneurysm (I hope)

Holy crap. I'm just old enough to remember when Geraldo's shtick seemed to be in service of *something* other than Geraldo. Before Al Capone's tomb, before his pro wrestling "expose", before skinheads with chairs, before the photo-ops in Iraq, Geraldo Rivera used to be a real-live investigative reporter. Unfortunately, for a handful of decades, Geraldo's been a joke.

But today, I respect Geraldo.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Oh yeah that wrestling expose, I vaguely remember that.

Hey you don't suppose Rupe's been talking with Vince McMahon trying to work a new angle to prop up Billy's bad ratings? Like when Hulk Hogan went evil?

I mean with a name like Geraldo Rivera, that sounds pretty fishy. And he's already got the Iron Sheik moustache.

R.A. Porter said...

Maybe a cage match between Billy and Geraldo is in order...

If Billy wins, Geraldo's got to shave the handlebars; if Geraldo, then Billy's only allowed to whisper for a month.